Ashes 2023: Gritty Khawaja's marathon batting outweighs England's 'Bazball'
Updated On: 21 June, 2023 08:13 AM IST | Birmingham | Agencies
England captain Stokes dismisses Usman Khawaja for Australia’s seventh wicket; visitors 211-7 in last session, chasing 281
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Australia’s Usman Khawaja raises his bat after reaching his half-century yesterday; (right) England’s Ben Stokes celebrates the dismissal of Usman Khawaja on Day 5 yesterday. Pics/Getty Images
Usman Khawaja held firm after an England double strike to give Australia hope of victory on a tense final day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston. But the Queenslander fell for 65 when the England captain Ben Stokes bowled him. At that stage Australia slumped to 209-7.
At the time of going to press, Australia were 211-7, chasing 281. After Tuesday’s morning session was washed out by rain, Australia lost both nightwatchman Scott Boland and frontline batsman Travis Head when play finally got underway. But at tea, Australia were 183-5, needing a further 98 runs to reach a target of 281, with 38 overs remaining in the last session. Left-handed opener Khawaja, who ended his decade-long wait for an Ashes hundred in England with 141 in the first innings, was 56 not out and all-rounder Cameron Green unbeaten on 22 in an unbroken stand of 40.
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